UI librariesEditor's pick

shadcn/ui

Components you own, not components you install

pnpm dlx shadcn@latest add button

What it is

A registry of accessible, copy-in React components built on Radix and Tailwind. It changed how the ecosystem thinks about component distribution: the code lands in your repo, so it stays yours.

Best work

shadcn/ui
The registry that reset component distribution.
Taxonomy
The App Router reference app everyone copied in 2023.

Adjacent taste

001UI libraries

21st.dev

An npm for design engineers

registryreactcommunity

002UI libraries

Aceternity UI

Big, loud, screenshot-ready components

reacttailwindmotion

003UI libraries

Base UI

Unstyled primitives from the Radix and MUI minds

reactheadlessa11y